Paul Bettany has said that his voiceover work for The Avengers is the best job he has ever had.

The actor also claimed that the limited time he spent working on the project meant that he sometimes forgot he was in Iron Man.

Bettany told Metro: "I have no input with [The Avengers] other than spending half an hour sitting in a studio doing the voiceover.

"It's the best job I've ever had. I say the lines and they pay me money."

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He added: "I forgot I was in Iron Man. Someone said, 'I loved you in Iron Man'. I said, 'You've got me mixed up with someone else'. I forgot I did the voice because it was only 30 minutes in a recording studio laughing my arse off."

Bettany said: "I've got no idea what's happening with The Avengers. They work out what bits need explaining with a voiceover and then give it to me."

Asked if he was a superhero fan as a child, he added: "No. It was Dan Dare and The Eagle, which felt Victorian. It wasn't my thing. I liked the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films.

"I was dyslexic so wasn't reading as a child and fell through every educational crack there is to fall through. Books happened later for me. I was your average bullied kid sitting in his room plotting revenge."